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M. J. FEENEY.

ASH SIFTER.

APPLICATIDN FILED SEPT. 11. I917.

1,306,053. Patented Jun 10,1919.

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MARY J. FEENEY, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

ASH-SIFTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 10, 1919.

Application filed September 17, 1917. Serial No. 191,691.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY J. FEENEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, (post-ofiice address, 650 Rondo street,) have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ash-Sifters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in ash sifters, its object being to provide a sifter that is of simple construction, easy to operate and dust tight.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention,

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the device,

Fig. 3 is adetail of the ash sifting box with the cover removed and Fig. 4: is a section taken on the line 4.4= of Fig. 3.

In the drawings, A represents the outer casing of the device, preferably constructed of wood and rectangular in shape, provided with a hinged cover 2. The cover 2 is provided with a hasp 3 by means of which the cover is kept tightly closed while the ashes are being sifted.

As shown, the casing A is constructed without a bottom. The object of having a bottomless casing is to render the ash sifter practical for outdoor use. When using the ash sifter outdoors, it may be bodily lifted from the sifted ashes without entailing the usual inconvenience of withdrawing a heavy ash receptacle. Further, when used indoors on a smooth concrete floor, the boX may be conveniently shoved into the casing A by foot without requiring the operator to stoop and lift it over the edge of the bottom usually provided in apparatus of this kind. This helps to make the device lighter in weight and cheaper to construct, without departing from the object of the invention.

he sifter B comprising a receptacle, rectangular in shape, is ournaled in the upper portion of the casing A as shown in Fig. 2 and is provided with a hinged cover 4, adapted to be opened to receive loosely the ash tray 5 and when closed to hold the tray slidably in position for the operation of the sifter. The upper portion 6 of the cover 4 consists of wire mesh, as is also the bottom 7 of the ash tray 5, thus allowing the sifted ashes to fall out of both the top and bottom Copies of this patent may be obtained for of the sifter B when it is being revolved. There will also be a slight sliding movement of the ash tray 5 between the cover 4 and the brackets 9 as shown in Figs. 3 and 4:. The sifter as shown, is constructed with an open bottom, the ash tray being supported therein by the brackets 9.

In operation the ash tray 5 is filled with ashes, placed in the sifter B and the cover 1 securely fastened by means of the thumb nut 8. The cover 2 is closed to keep the dust in the casing A and the sifter is revolved by means of the crank 15 which is secured on the shaft 10 of the sifter B by nut 11. As the sifter revolves the sifted ashes drop through the wire mesh at 6 and 7 into the ash receiver.

The ash receiver consists of a rectangular box 12 which is placed in the lower portion of the casing A, and when full of ashes is removed through the door 13, which is hinged on and forms part of the front wall of said casing. The door 13, the lower edge of which extends to the floor line, is held tightly closed during the sifting operation by means of hooks 14 secured on the end walls of the casing A. The sifting, as will be observed, is very tho-roughly and quickly accomplished without the usual dis-agreeable features.

I claim:

An ash sifter comprising a rotatable, rectangular casing open at its top and bottom, a hinged cover therefor having a foraminous top, a rectangular ash tray disposed within the casing and having an open top and a foraminous bottom, said tray and bottom lying entirely within the body lines of the casing and its cover, and angular brackets secured to a pair of opposite sides of the casing and extending from their lower edges inwardly beneath the tray and in contact with its foraminous bottom. to aid in supporting the latter, said tray being slightly less in width and depth than the casing whereby when the casing is rotatedthe tray will shift laterally in one direction on the brackets and in the opposite direction on the foraminous top of the casing cover.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARY J. FEENEY.

Witnesses:

R. A. FISCHER, F. WINKL'ER.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

